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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Detroit, MI
NWS Detroit, MI issued this river flood warning at Apr 3, 2026, 10:12 PM EDT for Midland County, Saginaw County, Michigan. It took effect at Apr 4, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT. It was in force for 48 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 3, 2026, 10:12 PM EDT (02:12 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 4, 2026, 10:00 PM EDT
- Expired
- Apr 6, 2026, 10:17 PM EDT
- In force
- 48 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Detroit, MI
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
Counties Midland County, MI, Saginaw County, MI
The radar
The Detroit radar (KDTX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The river
Written for the forecast point Tittabawassee River at Midland (MIDM4). The gauge peaked at 25.09 ft at Apr 5, 2026, 11:00 PM EDT.
- Action stage
- 16 ft
- Minor stage
- 24 ft
- Moderate stage
- 25 ft
- Major stage
- 28 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 04156000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Detroit, MI wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 3, 7:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 7:59 PM EDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Detroit, MI issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 3, 8:31 PM EDT | Small Craft Advisory | DTX | 48 hr | |
| Apr 3, 10:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Bay, Saginaw | 7 days |
| Apr 3, 10:12 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Saginaw | 4 days |
| Apr 4, 7:59 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Macomb, Saint Clair | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 9:57 AM EDT | Gale Watch | DTX | 11 hr | |
| Apr 4, 11:13 AM EDT | Areal Flood Advisory | DTX | Saginaw | 3 hr |
| Apr 4, 12:31 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Saginaw, Shiawassee | 6 days |
| Apr 4, 1:29 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Genesee | 27 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:30 PM EDT | Flood Watch | DTX | Bay, Genesee, Lapeer, Livingston, Macomb, Midland and 8 more | 11 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:53 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Genesee, Saginaw | 36 hr |
| Apr 4, 1:55 PM EDT | River Flood Warning | DTX | Genesee | 4 days |
| Apr 4, 3:06 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Monroe | 54 min |
| Apr 4, 3:13 PM EDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe | 48 min |
| Apr 4, 3:15 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 45 min | |
| Apr 4, 4:08 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Wayne | 37 min |
| Apr 4, 5:15 PM EDT | Special Weather Statement | DTX | Lenawee, Monroe, Washtenaw, Wayne | 60 min |
| Apr 4, 5:49 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Wayne | 26 min |
| Apr 4, 6:03 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Monroe | 27 min |
| Apr 4, 6:04 PM EDT | Tornado Warning | DTX | Macomb, Oakland | 33 min |
| Apr 4, 6:08 PM EDT | Special Marine Warning | DTX | 37 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.